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A thought by Ken Blanchard & Morton Shaevitz (2015-02-02)
from their book, Refire! Don't Retire:Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life (p. 112). Berrett-Koehler
Publishers. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy
the book.) Ken and Morton say
that, “EGO stands for Edging God Out.”
You call the shots, it’s all on you and that is great if you have a
strong self-worth. But then they asked, “Did
you ever notice in your career that your performance was better at some times
than others... And have you noticed that people are fickle— sometimes they’re
with you and the next minute they’re not?” Then they said, “So
your performance varies and people’s opinion of you fluctuates. When you base
your self-worth on outside influences like these, every day is like walking on
eggshells, because how you feel about yourself is totally dependent on outside
circumstances and other people.” But
here is the key, “When you believe you are loved unconditionally by Go…

We need people to
fulfill who God wants us to be and to help us to mature. God said that the first two main purposes
that he has for us is to love him and to love other people. It is a both and. And the evil one does all he can to keep us
from fulfilling his purpose in our life and to keep us from maturing. Ken and Morton give
insights into what we are to do to refire through telling a story. And they use a couple named Harold and Wendy to
give us good advice in the relational part of refiring. Harold says, “Wendy and
I believe that feedback is the breakfast of champions. If you really get to
know others well, you’ll grow close enough that they’ll be willing to praise
you when you’re fun to hang around with and give you hon…

A thought by Ken Blanchard & Morton Shaevitz (2015-02-02)
from their book, Refire! Don't Retire: Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life (p. 9). Berrett-Koehler
Publishers. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy
the book.)I love the title of
this book, “Refire! Don't Retire: Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life.”And I am a
living example of this title.Now I am
67 and doing all I can to continue living the adventure that God has creative
me to live.And even at this stage of my
life, it is truly an adventure and I do live it with all the gusto I can.But do you?Maybe no matter your age you would like to refire. That thought really
clicks inside of you. Ken and Morton say, “To refire…is to see each day as an opportunity for adventure and learning! It’s to
infuse passion and zest into every area of your life— emotional, intellectual,
physical, and spiritual. Heart, head, body, and soul.”Is that what you want? Now they are talking here …

A thought by Ken Blanchard & Morton Shaevitz (2015-02-02)
from their book, Refire! Don't Retire:Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life(p. 29). Berrett-Koehler
Publishers. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy
the book.) Now I know that doesn’t come as a surprise to you but that doesn’t mean we just accept that
fact and do nothing about those negative feelings. Here is how the
thought continues, “…and while we may not be able to control how we feel, we
are responsible for how we react to those feelings. Whenever I feel anger
building, I try to stop and take a deep breath. If I can, I might go for a
short walk to calm down— because I know if I let that anger out, it’s not going
to help the situation or make the world a better place.” What do you do? Do you let those negative feelings control
you and your day? Or do you creatively
find a way to turn those negative feelings into something that will make as they say, “the world a
better place” f…

A thought by Ken Blanchard & Morton Shaevitz (2015-02-02)
from their book, Refire! Don't Retire: Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life(Kindle Locations
308-309). Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to
go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Have you found that
there are some people that know how to rob you of joy?I’m mean you want to walk away fast when you
see them coming.But what about looking
at them in a new way.And this thought
is a good way to do that.Take some time
and do what you can to search for that pearl of good that is in them.Yes they have that shell like the oyster that
is not beautiful and when you see it you want to throw it away but what about
that pearl that is inside it.It takes
some time but when you break it open you see that which is of great value
inside them. That’s what Jesus does
with each one of us.Oh yes he sees the
outside but he also sees the great potential for good that is inside of us.He came to earth to release…